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Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Posted by: OrderedComa
Because everyone's opinion is different and one opinion is not necessarily more "worthy" than another. Halo 3 was awesome, ODST was awesome, and Reach is awesome, yes I said it. Your opinions are not fact, you may think that Bungie sucks and can't create interesting characters or an interesting story, but others will disagree vehemently. I won't say that you are wrong, but I will say that your opinion is not law that we must all subscribe to.
Agreed.
About Noble Team, I fail to see how they are so god-aweful character types.
I mean, is it so bad that a military squad has the 'archetypes' of a typical squad? Sniper, CQC/explosives expert, heavy weapons/support guy, team leader, tech specialist. If a squad was all tech specialists that'd be more stupid then a realistic grouping of skills.
Character=/=military squad position.
Character=personality, all of which Noble stereotyped in.
Badass black dude=Emile
Stoic leader=Carter
Gentle Giant=Jorge
Strong and independant women=Kat
Talks to much=Jun
My main problem is the characters showed no emotion at all (do NOT tell me "because they're Spartans;" that's just an excuse for -blam!- writing). I can accept stereotypical characters if they show some humanity.
Example: "Not gonna lie to you Lt.: You're stepping into some shoes the rest of the squad would rather leave unfilled." Whose shoes? Why would they rather leave them unfilled?
Another example is Carter's best friend dying (Kat) and him not reacting at ALL.
We don't see or feel anything from these characters. There is so much missed oppurtunity for these characters it truly is sad. They should have delved deeper into why everyone liked Thom, and maybe show a little hostility towards Noble 6 at first because of who he's replacing. Then towards the end they get to appreciate him more. We call this an "arc." That is, the characters change over time.
But instead we got an action movie with implied emotions.
I've said it before, I'll say it again: Deliver Hope>Halo: Reach.